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Old 05-30-2007
how to retrieve original contents of a modified file (modified using vi)
Made changes to a file using vi editor and saved those changes

now realised that the changes are not required

How can I get the previous version of the file.i.e the one which was there on which I had made changes
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Old 05-30-2007
Not much solace here, http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/OSUserG/...ted_files.html

You could also consider using SCCS.
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Old 05-31-2007
There probably is no need to make this statement but it can't be stressed enough. Back up any files that you intend on editing no matter how little of a change you plan to make.
Easiest way to do this is make a copy of the file and append the date, time, or relevant note to the end of the file name if you need to ever go back to the original. Smilie
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Old 05-31-2007
If it was in cvs...

Code:
rm file-with-bad-change
cvs update

Smilie
 
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